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• Syria peace efforts must continue despite break with Russia: Kerry
• Philippine president would face obstacles in cutting U.S. arms reliance
• Colombia government, rebels in crisis talks after 'No' to peace deal
• U.S. says strike in Yemen last week killed al Qaeda militant, wounded another
• Rebels fend off Aleppo assault as nations seek to rebuild peace process
• Bagel, pretzel show twists of Nobel Prize-winning work in physics
• Diane James quits as head of UK Independence Party
• Rooney tired of debate over his best position
• Top Asian News 12:26 a.m. GMT
• HK party says Joshua Wong has been detained in Thailand
• 76ers rookie Simmons has surgery on broken right foot
• At least 28 migrants dead off Libya: coastguard
• Honduras homicides set to fall; anti-crime drive wanes: report
• Cubans prepared for Hurricane Matthew's fury
• Google takes on Apple, Amazon with new hardware push
• Paris climate pact set to enter force after EU greenlight
• Diane James: UKIP loses its first female leader
• Mexican senators tout 'Tell Them To Vote' in US election
• Lagerfeld blames Kardashian for being too public with wealth
• Hints of central bank hawkishness roil markets
• May to woo Labour voters in pitch for Britain's center-ground
• APNewsBreak: Arrests in Thailand-US sex trafficking ring
• Residents in Libya's Sirte face 'collapsed' health system, food shortages: charity
• Kardashian West assailants still at large after France heist
• Colombian president to meet rival on failed peace deal
• Colombian president meeting rival Uribe in bid to save peace
• Don't expect Fitbits to improve health, help drop pounds
• Brazil bank worker strike becomes longest since 2004
• Hurricane Matthew pounds Haiti and Cuba on path toward U.S.
• Hurricane Matthew slams Haiti, takes aim at US East Coast
• The Latest: Storm seen as biggest Haitian crisis since quake
• Civilians killed by shelling in Libya's Benghazi: hospital official
• Presidential hopeful Macron slams French political class, outlines remedies
• Colombia's 'no' to peace deal could hit U.S. aid
• Diane James resigns as head of UK Independence Party
• Airlines begin to offer travel waivers for Hurricane Matthew
• Man pleads guilty to DUI in fatal Las Vegas tour bus crash

Syria peace efforts must continue despite break with Russia: Kerry Posted: 04 Oct 2016 01:58 PM PDT By David Brunnstrom and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday efforts to end Syria's war must continue despite Washington's decision to break off talks with Moscow over what he called its "irresponsible" support for President Bashar al-Assad. The United States on Monday suspended talks with Russia on implementing a ceasefire deal in Syria, accusing Moscow of not living up to its commitments to halt fighting and ensure aid reached besieged communities. "We are not giving up on the Syrian people and we are not abandoning the pursuit of peace," Kerry said in a speech in Brussels.

Philippine president would face obstacles in cutting U.S. arms reliance Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:51 PM PDT (Please note: language in fourth paragraph may offend some readers) By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte would face major obstacles to following through on his threat to reduce purchases of U.S. weapons in favor of Russian and Chinese arms, including re-training a military deeply accustomed to working with the United States, experts said on Tuesday. Duterte said in speeches in Manila on Tuesday that the United States did not want to sell missiles and other weapons to the Philippines, but that Russia and China had told him they could provide them easily.

Colombia government, rebels in crisis talks after 'No' to peace deal Posted: 04 Oct 2016 01:28 PM PDT By Marc Frank and Helen Murphy HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and Marxist guerrillas went back to the drawing board in Havana on Tuesday after a peace deal they painstakingly negotiated over four years was rejected in a shock referendum result. In a vote that confounded opinion polls and was a disaster for President Juan Manuel Santos, Colombians narrowly rebuffed the pact on Sunday as too lenient on the rebels. Lead negotiators Humberto de la Calle and Sergio Jaramillo were back at a Havana convention center on Tuesday meeting counterparts from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to see what the rebels are willing to do, the government said.

U.S. says strike in Yemen last week killed al Qaeda militant, wounded another Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:29 PM PDT One al Qaeda militant was killed and another wounded in a strike in Yemen's Bayda province by the U.S. military on Sept. 29, U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday. Local officials told Reuters last week that two senior members of al Qaeda's Yemen branch were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in the central province of Bayda.

Rebels fend off Aleppo assault as nations seek to rebuild peace process Posted: 04 Oct 2016 11:36 AM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and David Brunnstrom AMMAN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential areas, while nations spoke of rebuilding a peace process the United States broke off this week. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced on Monday that Washington was suspending talks with Moscow due to Russia's role in the offensive, said peace efforts must carry on. Turkey, long one of the main foes of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but which has lately repaired its damaged ties with his ally Russia, said it planned to make a proposal to Washington and Moscow to resurrect a ceasefire that collapsed last month.

Bagel, pretzel show twists of Nobel Prize-winning work in physics Posted: 04 Oct 2016 01:18 PM PDT By Niklas Pollard and Ben Hirschler STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - Three British-born scientists won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for revealing unusual states of matter, leading to advances in electronics that could aid researchers trying to develop quantum computers. David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, who all work at U.S. universities, share the prize for their discoveries on abrupt changes in the properties, or phases, of ultra-thin materials. The difficult-to-grasp concept was illustrated by Nobel Committee member Thors Hans Hansson at a news conference using a cinnamon bun, a bagel and a Swedish style of pretzel with two holes.

Diane James quits as head of UK Independence Party Posted: 04 Oct 2016 05:30 PM PDT Eurosceptic UK Independence Party was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday as its leader Diane James quit, citing "personal and professional reasons" for stepping down just 18 days after her election. "It has become clear that I do not have sufficient authority, nor the full support of all my MEP colleagues and party officers to implement changes I believe necessary and upon which I based my campaign," James said in a statement published on her Twitter account. "For personal and professional reasons, therefore, I will not take the election process further," she added, explaining she would not formalise the leadership process with the UK Electoral Commission.

Rooney tired of debate over his best position Posted: 04 Oct 2016 05:26 PM PDT Wayne Rooney has promised to accept whatever role England manager Gareth Southgate wants him to play after admitting he is tired of the debate about his best position. Rooney has spent the best days of his glittering career as a striker, but he was deployed in midfield by then England boss Roy Hodgson at Euro 2016 after finishing last season with Manchester United in the same position. Jose Mourinho's arrival at United to replace Louis van Gaal has seen Rooney shifted back to a more attacking berth.

Top Asian News 12:26 a.m. GMT Posted: 04 Oct 2016 05:26 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong student pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong's has been detained by Thai officials after arriving here to give a talk at a university, his political party said. Demosisto said in a Facebook post that the party was unable to contact Wong after he arrived at Bangkok's main airport on Wednesday evening. The group said it got word early Thursday from a Thai student activist who was expected to meet Wong that he had been detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport after Thai authorities received a request from the Chinese government about his visit. Wong, who turns 20 next week, was one of the high-profile student leaders behind the huge pro-democracy street protests two years ago that marked the former British colony's most turbulent period since China took control in 1997.

HK party says Joshua Wong has been detained in Thailand Posted: 04 Oct 2016 05:26 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong student pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong's has been detained by Thai officials after arriving here to give a talk at a university, his political party said.

76ers rookie Simmons has surgery on broken right foot Posted: 04 Oct 2016 05:23 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 76ers say No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons has had surgery to repair a broken bone in his right foot.

At least 28 migrants dead off Libya: coastguard Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:59 PM PDT Twenty-eight Europe-bound migrants were found dead on a day of frantic rescues off Libya on Tuesday, including at least 22 in an overloaded wooden boat, an AFP photographer and the Italian coastguard said. The photographer, who was able to go aboard the vessel, said it appeared that many of the dead had suffocated. The Italian coastguard -- which is coordinating rescue efforts in international waters north of Libya -- said 28 bodies had been recovered over the course of 33 operations on Tuesday, while 4,655 migrants had been rescued.

Honduras homicides set to fall; anti-crime drive wanes: report Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:55 PM PDT Murders in Honduras are on track to decline in 2016 even as the government's military drive against organized crime is running out of steam, the Observatory of Violence at the National Autonomous University of Honduras said on Tuesday. If the pace persists, Honduras would end 2016 with a homicide rate of 59.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, Migdonia Ayestas, director of the observatory, said in an interview. In 2012, Honduras was the world's most murderous nation, with a rate of 90.4 per 100,000.

Cubans prepared for Hurricane Matthew's fury Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:45 PM PDT Hurricane Matthew began pounding Cuba late Tuesday, but residents of the communist island were largely calm, thanks to their high level of preparation and experience weathering previous storms. Roberto Gates was one of the few residents in the city of Guantanamo -- home to 201,000 -- who dared venture outside as a drizzle cooled what would have been a sweltering October day. Cuba's internationally recognized prevention and alert system is being tested again after the island was seriously battered by Hurricane Sandy four years ago.

Google takes on Apple, Amazon with new hardware push Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:40 PM PDT Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday announced a new "Pixel" smartphone and a suite of new consumer electronics products for the home, planting itself firmly in the hardware business and challenging Apple Inc's iPhone at the high end of the $400 billion global smartphone market. The string of announcements - including the $649 Pixel, a smart speaker for the living room dubbed "Home," a virtual reality headset, and a new Wi-Fi router - is the clearest sign yet that Google intends to compete head-to-head with Apple, Amazon.com Inc and even manufacturers of phones using its own Android mobile operating system. Company executives, echoing Apple's longstanding philosophy, said they were striving for tighter integration of hardware and software.

Paris climate pact set to enter force after EU greenlight Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:27 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — The landmark Paris climate change pact is poised to enter into force around the world after European Union lawmakers endorsed the agreement.

Diane James: UKIP loses its first female leader Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:26 PM PDT Outgoing UK Independence Party leader Diane James was at the helm for just 18 days before resigning on Tuesday -- following a leadership battle won with her reputation for tough professionalism. James quit as UKIP chief citing "personal and professional" reasons, saying she did not have the full support of fellow MEPs or party officers to implement the changes she promised during the leadership campaign. Although less outspoken than her charismatic predecessor Nigel Farage, who resigned in July after achieving his political dream of helping Britain leave the European Union, James has still contributed to the controversy that often follows the anti mass-immigration party.

Mexican senators tout 'Tell Them To Vote' in US election Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:24 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of Mexican senators is backing a "Tell Them To Vote" campaign that encourages Mexicans to urge relatives living in the U.S. to vote in the November election.

Lagerfeld blames Kardashian for being too public with wealth Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:24 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld criticized Kim Kardashian to The Associated Press for being too flashy with her money following her $10 million heist, while Usher brushed away safety concerns around the ordeal that continued to dominate Paris Fashion Week.

Hints of central bank hawkishness roil markets Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:14 PM PDT New York (AFP) - Treasury and currency markets were roiled Tuesday by signs that US and European central banks may be closer to monetary tightening measures than previously thought.

May to woo Labour voters in pitch for Britain's center-ground Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:06 PM PDT Prime Minister Theresa May will make a bid for the center ground in British politics on Wednesday in a speech calling for a new approach to government, based on serving "ordinary working-class people". In her closing address at the Conservatives' annual conference, May will call on members to appeal to the millions of traditional Labour voters who defied the opposition party's pro-EU stance by voting to leave the European Union in June. With Labour struggling to unite after the re-election of leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn, May will say it is time to become "the party of the workers".

APNewsBreak: Arrests in Thailand-US sex trafficking ring Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:04 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — About a dozen people were arrested in cities across the U.S. on Tuesday for running what authorities called a sophisticated sex trafficking operation in which hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to America under fraudulent visas and forced to work as prostitutes to pay off tens of thousands of dollars in bondage debts.

Residents in Libya's Sirte face 'collapsed' health system, food shortages: charity Posted: 04 Oct 2016 04:02 PM PDT By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The health system in the Libyan city of Sirte has collapsed and thousands of residents are facing shortages of food and medicine as pro-government forces battle to seize control of the coastal city from Islamic State, a medical charity said on Tuesday. Over the past two days, forces led by brigades from Misrata have pressed further into Sirte's neighborhood Number Three, advancing building by building as they try to finish a five-month-old campaign. Islamic State now controls a residential strip of less than 1 km long in their former stronghold.

Kardashian West assailants still at large after France heist Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:55 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — French police on Tuesday continued hunting for five people suspected of assaulting Kim Kardashian West in a private Paris residence before robbing her of more than $10 million worth of jewelry.

Colombian president to meet rival on failed peace deal Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:44 PM PDT Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will meet his top rival, Alvaro Uribe, on Wednesday to discuss salvaging a peace deal with the FARC rebels after voters rejected it in a referendum. Santos, who has staked his legacy on ending the half-century conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), will sit down with Uribe, his former boss and current nemesis, at the presidential palace at 11:30 am (1630 GMT), officials said. The high-stakes meeting comes after Colombians on Sunday narrowly voted against a deal Uribe had condemned as too lenient on the leftist guerrillas -- throwing the nearly four-year-old peace process into disarray and giving the former president a major victory.

Colombian president meeting rival Uribe in bid to save peace Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:41 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Juan Manuel Santos is moving quickly on two fronts to save a peace deal narrowly rejected by Colombian voters, holding talks in Cuba with leftist rebels while inviting his chief opponent for a rare face-to-face meeting.

Don't expect Fitbits to improve health, help drop pounds Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:36 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Wearing a fitness tracker may help you keep tabs on how many steps you take, but the devices themselves — even with the lure of a cash reward — probably won't improve your health, according to the biggest study yet done on the trendy technology.

Brazil bank worker strike becomes longest since 2004 Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:33 PM PDT A month-long strike by Brazilian bank workers has become the longest in 12 years, underscoring the impasse between employers and staff amid the nation's harshest recession in eight decades. In a Tuesday statement, leaders from the Sindicato dos Bancários de São Paulo, Osasco e Região, the nation's biggest banking industry union, said almost 10 rounds of negotiations have yielded no accord. The National Banking Federation last proposed on Sept. 28 an annual wage increase of 7 percent, implying an inflation-adjusted loss of 1.9 percent for bank workers.

Hurricane Matthew pounds Haiti and Cuba on path toward U.S. Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:27 PM PDT By Makini Brice and Sarah Marsh LES CAYES, Haiti/GUANTANAMO, Cuba (Reuters) - The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade battered Haiti's southwest coast with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and surging seas that flooded coastal towns on Tuesday, tearing at trees and rooftops before moving on to Cuba. Hurricane Matthew dumped torrential rain across the island of Hispaniola that Haiti shares with Dominican Republic, where four people were killed by collapsing walls and mudslides. In Haiti, at least one person was killed.

Hurricane Matthew slams Haiti, takes aim at US East Coast Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:25 PM PDT PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti (AP) — Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti's southwestern tip with howling, 145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris. At least nine deaths were blamed on the storm during its week-long march across the Caribbean.

The Latest: Storm seen as biggest Haitian crisis since quake Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:19 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Matthew and Tropical Storm Nicole (all times local):

Civilians killed by shelling in Libya's Benghazi: hospital official Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:08 PM PDT At least three civilians died and 12 were injured when shells landed in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday, a hospital official said. For more than two years, forces loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar have been fighting Islamists and other opponents in Benghazi, with civilians sometimes caught in the crossfire. Haftar's forces have made significant gains in recent months but have not been able to secure some areas.

Presidential hopeful Macron slams French political class, outlines remedies Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:07 PM PDT By Michel Rose STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - France is sick because politicians throw taxpayers money at problems instead of addressing them properly, presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday as he set out a first batch of ideas to reform the country's political system. The former economy minister who quit President Francois Hollande's government this summer slammed the whole political class for failing to reform a country struggling with endemic unemployment and shaken by deadly attacks. "When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants," Macron told a rally of more than a 1,000 people in the eastern city of Strasbourg.

Colombia's 'no' to peace deal could hit U.S. aid Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:05 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colombia's rejection of a deal to end 52 years of civil war will not end U.S. plans to send significant aid next year, although it might prompt lawmakers to keep back some of the $450 million that had been expected, congressional aides said on Tuesday. While spending plans for fiscal 2017 will not be final until late this year, the Senate and House of Representatives had been expected to approve $400 million in development aid, and roughly $50 million in counternarcotics assistance for Colombia for the year ending on Sept. 30, 2017. U.S. support for Colombia is expected to remain strong, although Congress could reduce the appropriation if renewed peace efforts go badly, the aides said.

Diane James resigns as head of UK Independence Party Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:04 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The head of the UK Independence Party, Diane James, has resigned— after a mere 18 days of being in charge.

Airlines begin to offer travel waivers for Hurricane Matthew Posted: 04 Oct 2016 03:02 PM PDT Airlines are letting passengers change travel plans without penalty if their trip might be affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Man pleads guilty to DUI in fatal Las Vegas tour bus crash Posted: 04 Oct 2016 02:48 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 26-year-old Las Vegas man pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, causing a fiery crash that killed two people and badly injured three others on a sightseeing bus over Labor Day weekend 2015, a prosecutor said.

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